The Mechanisms of Involuntary Attention

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 255-267

  Prinzmetal, William ^a   Ha, Ruby ^a   Khani, Aniss ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

accumulator model; attention mechanisms; exogenous attention; involuntary attention; stimulus driven capture

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REACTION TIME; VISION;

ATTENTION; COGNITION; CUES; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 77950583175     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017600     Document Type: Article

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